Omer Sharif’s funeral prayers offered in Germany on Monday. Pakistan's Ambassador to Germany Dr Mohammad Faisal attended the funeral prayers.

“The funeral prayers for Omer Sharif were offered in Nürnberg. It was attended by the Pakistani community in Germany,” Dr Faisal said in a tweet.

Sharif's body will be flown to Pakistan on September 4 and will be buried at Abdullah Shah Ghazi graveyard.

Sharif passed away on October 2, two days after he was hospitalised in Nuremberg with pneumonia.

Omer was en route to Washington in a German air ambulance that took off from Karachi on September 28. His stay in Germany, which was expected to be brief, was prolonged by the in-flight fever. He passed away after his condition worsened during dialysis.